The Book
36-14-22-6-7 and 31.
Roy read the numbers over and over again. They been etched in a frail, shaky penmanship; soft lead smudged on the pages of the crisp, black notebook. He held the book in his right hand, while his left hand tightly clasped the Pennsylvania Cash4Life ticket, which displayed the same 6 numbers, but in the digitized Petyka font on the stub. In his direct eyeline, the QLED display in his living room showed the numbers yet a third time—coming live from the local ABC-affiliate news station. The prize was $1000 a day for life. Roy never won anything. But this… this was a life-changing event. The only thing stranger than the actual win was the circumstances that led to the win.